1. THE MILKY WAY GALAXY

2. MERCURY THE CLOSEST PLANET TO THE SUN IT HAS A ROCKY, BARREN SURFACE WHICH REACHES 400 DEGREES CELSIUS IN THE DAYTIME

3. VENUS IT IS THE SECOND PLANET FROM THE SUN VENUS IS THE BRIGHTEST PLANET AND CAN BE SEEN WITH THE NAKED EYE IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK

4. EARTH EARTH IS THE ONLY PLANET KNOWN TO SUPPORT LIFE EARTH HAS MORE LIQUID WATER ON ITS SURFACE THAN LAND

5. MARS MARS IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE “RED PLANET” DUE TO IT BEING COVERED WITH RUST COLORED DUST MARS IS THE FOURTH PLANET FROM THE SUN

6. JUPITER JUPITER IS THE LARGEST PLANET AND COULD FIT ALL OF THE OTHER PLANETS INSIDE OF IT IN SPITE OF ITS SIZE, IT ROTATES SO QUICKLY THAT ONE DAY IS ONLY 9 HOURS AND 55 MINUTES LONG

7. SATURN SATURN IS KNOWN FOR ITS BEAUTIFUL RINGS MADE OF ICE CRYSTALS IT IS THE FIFTH PLANET FROM THE SUN

8. URANUS URANUS ACTUALLY ORBITS ON ITS SIDE, ROLLING LIKE A BARREL ONE DAY ON THIS PLANET IS 84 EARTH YEARS LONG

9. NEPTUNE NEPTUNE HAS THE MOST VIOLENT WEATHER WITH WINDS TEN TIMES THAT OF HURRICANES ON EARTH THIS WATERY PLANET IS NAMED FOR NEPTUNE, THE ROMAN GOD OF THE SEA

10. Name___________________ ___________ __________ __________ _ _________ Write in the name of the major planets in our solar system in the order they are found from our sun.

11. VENUS MERCURY EARTH MARS NEPTUNEURANUS SATURN JUPITER

12. LET’S PLAY CAN YOU GUESS THE PLANET !

13. THIS PLANET ORBITS ROLLING ON ITS SIDE LIKE A BARREL EARTH URANUS

14. THIS PLANET HAS BEAUTIFUL RINGS OF ICE AROUND IT SATURN NEPTUNE

15. THIS PLANET IS SO CLOSE TO THE SUN IT IS 400 DEGREES CELSIUS IN THE DAY TIME MERCURY VENUS

16. THIS PLANET IS SO BIG ALL OF THE OTHER PLANETS COULD FIT INSIDE OF IT JUPITER SATURN

17. THIS PLANET IS CALLED THE “RED PLANET” BECAUSE IT IS COVERED IN RUST COLORED DUST MARS VENUS

18. THIS PLANET CAN BE SEEN WITHOUT A TELESCOPE BECAUSE IT IS SO BRIGHT VENUS EARTH

19. THIS PLANET IS NAMED AFTER THE ROMAN GOD OF THE SEA NEPTUNE MERCURY

20. HERE IS AN EASY ONE ! THIS IS THE ONLY PLANET KNOWN TO SUPPORT LIFE EARTH SATURN